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You can thank former Seattle CM Sally Clark almost singlehandedly for the articulation bullshit. And a lot of the dumb townhouse rules that made them all identi
by Schiendelman 2y ago
You can thank former Seattle CM Sally Clark almost singlehandedly for the articulation bullshit. And a lot of the dumb townhouse rules that made them all identical for a decade.
And you know design review was created by an initiative on an off election? 15% of registered voters voted in favor.
I think design review could be overturned constitutionally. But few people seem to focus on that issue for long enough to learn how to organize around it.
- bobthepanda 2y agoDesign review has been suspended for three years in downtown Seattle: https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/09/25/seattle-downtown-design-review-bypass/ https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/09/25/seattle-downtown-desi...
- Schiendelman 2y agoYeah, but that just doesn't matter. Downtown Seattle is tiny, and it's an even smaller proportion of the space where we could be building housing across the city. Like 2%.